Andrei's Google Talk

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 10:09:44PM +0200, Juanjo Alvarez wrote:
> You can include it in the about box, in the --help switch, etc. Many 
> programs do it that way and I never heard of any problem with that.

As is traditional in any introduction, here we have the simplest
possible D program, the classic hello world.

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module hello;

import std.stdio;

void main(string[] args) {
	// this is required in all programs to comply with the
	// std lib's license. Any program distributed without this
	// is an illegal good and you can be fined up to $250,000
	// and sentenced to up to five years in prison as well as
	// face civil liability.
	if(args.length > 1 && args[1] == "--help") {
		writeln(
r"Copyright 2010 Some Narcissist Developer. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are
permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

   1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of
      conditions and the following disclaimer.

   2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list
      of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
      provided with the distribution.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY SOME NARCISSIST DEVELOPER ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL <COPYRIGHT HOLDER> OR
CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

The views and conclusions contained in the software and documentation are those of the
authors and should not be interpreted as representing official policies, either expressed
or implied, of Some Narcissist Developer.");
	}

	// say hello!
	writeln("Hello, world!");
}

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LOL.

We should go ahead and refactor that.

import core.licensing;
import std.stdio;

void main(string[] ) {
	mixin iDontWantToBeSued!(args);

	writeln("Hello, world!");
}

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Brilliant!